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Unverified claimNew17 Aug, 15:55 BAGHDAD

KH channels press accountability and drone-developer grievance

WHAT HAPPENED

Within the same hour on 17 August, two KH-affiliated channels published near-identical notices that Captain Ahmad al-Samarrai had been arrested over the alleged torture of a serviceman, Muhammad al-Rikabi, and referred to the competent judiciary. Sabereen News also relayed the politician Raad al-Tamimi saying the Martyrs Foundation had exposed thousands of cases of fraud and forgery in martyrs' entitlements, that granting such rights to terrorists cannot be accepted, and that certain forces are pressuring the foundation to abandon that course. In a third post, Sabereen News juxtaposed the Pentagon's call for arms firms to expand munitions production against what it described as the Iraqi government pursuing young men who develop drones by their own efforts.

WHO CARRIED IT · EVERY MESSAGE, LINKED
  1. Unit 10,000KH — affiliated17 Aug, 15:09

    “The arrest of the accused, Captain Ahmad al-Samarrai, implicated in the torture of the victim, serviceman Muhammad al-Rikabi, and his referral to the competent judiciary”

    إلقاء القبض على المتهم (النقيب أحمد السامرائي) المتورط بتعذيب المجني عليه المنتسب (محمد الركابي) وإحالته إلى القضاء المختص

  2. Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated17 Aug, 15:37

    “The foundation succeeded in exposing wide manipulation and corruption in some provinces... Granting terrorists the rights of martyrs cannot be accepted... operations by which certain forces are trying to pressure the foundation”

    المؤسسة نجحت في كشف عمليات تلاعب واسعة وفساد في بعض المحافظات... لا يمكن القبول بمنح إرهابيين حقوق الشهداء... عمليات تحاول من خلالها بعض القوى الضغط على المؤسسة

  3. Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated17 Aug, 15:55

    “The Pentagon: we have called on arms manufacturing companies to expand munitions production. And the government pursues the young men developing drone weapons by their own efforts”

    البنتاغون: دعونا شركات صناعة الأسلحة إلى توسيع إنتاج الذخائر. والحكومة تلاحق الشباب المطورين لسلاح الدرون بمجهوداتهم الشخصية

In posting order. Translated by the desk, published as evidence — not endorsement. A channel name opens the message where it was posted.
WHY IT MATTERS

The same network is arguing for state enforcement where the target is an army officer and a benefits-fraud network, and against it where the subject is domestic drone development.

THE MESSAGE IN FULL · THE DESK’S OWN COPY
View the original message (Arabic)البنتاغون: دعونا شركات صناعة الأسلحة إلى توسيع إنتاج الذخائر. والحكومة تلاحق الشباب المطورين لسلاح الدرون بمجهوداتهم الشخصية.
Kept as posted — a channel can delete a message; this copy stays.